ProPublica Wins 14 Awards for Excellence in News Design

Feb. 27, 2017, 1:37 p.m. EST

The Society for News Design honored ProPublica with 14 Awards of Excellence in this year’s Best of Digital Design competition. Contest judges, who reviewed nearly 1,000 entries, honored ProPublica’s work for its “daring and innovative” approaches to journalism, design and technical skill. Here are the winning projects:

Electionland – Breaking News, Special Events (2 awards)

A Gunfight in Guatemala – Features

Who Trump Is Putting in Power – Features

Hell and High Water – Features

Boomtown, Flood Town – Features

Breaking the Black Box – Features

What Facebook Knows About You – Graphics

Lost Cause – Graphics

Busted – Social Media Graphics

Explainers – Social Media Strategy Portfolio

Voices of Agent Orange – Social Media Strategy Portfolio

ProPublica.org – Organizational Portfolio

ProPublica Data Store – Product Design

See a list of all the 2016 Best of Digital Design winners here.

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